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Tonneau Covers

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Are Hard Tonneau Covers Worth the Money?

With such big price difference between the price of cheap vinyl tonneau covers and the hard variety made from materials such as FRP or aluminum, many people wonder if the extra cost is really worth the money. In essence this decision should be based on what you are buying a tonneau cover for, if you are simply buying one for looks and to help improve your fuel mileage, the soft ones may work out.

If on the other hand you want a tonneau cover that is going to protect your tools or shopping from the weather and from the hands of would be thieves, you should take a close look at the different tonneau covers at Bak Liner. All of our hard covers are all designed to be completely weather resistant and can be locked to keep everything you put in the bed safe and secure at all times.

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Tonneau Cover

Thursday, April 28th, 2011

Should I Buy a Tonneau Cover for My Truck?

If you own a pickup truck you are faced with a choice, you can leave the bed open; install a cap or tonneau cover. The decision as to which one you are going to go with should be based largely on what you plan to use your truck for. For those who are planning to use it for nothing but work and big loads, open may be the right choice. Otherwise you should consider one of the other two options.

With a cap you are going to be limited in the size of load you can put in the bed of your truck unless you want to have to take the top off, which can be a lot of work. On the other hand if you install a retractable or folding tonneau cover from Bak Liner you can carry any size of load you want without the need to remove anything at all.

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Aluminum Tonneau Covers

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Aluminum Tonneau Covers Offer Superior Security

Many of our customers tell us that their biggest problem with most tonneau covers is that they offer little in the way of security. The truth is that soft vinyl covers offer no security at all, if a thief wants what you have stored in the bed of your truck, it only takes a few seconds to cut the cover and get away with whatever you have store underneath. This is where our aluminum tonneau covers really excel as they can be locked with a key to provide the ultimate in security.

At Bak Liner we make our aluminum tonneau covers from powder coated aircraft grade aluminum. These heavy duty covers are 5/8 inch thick to provide you with maximum security and load carrying capacity. Once you close the cover, you will hear the latch snap firmly in place. When used with a locking tailgate, your bed and everything in it will be perfectly secured.

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Retractable Tonneau Covers

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

We Have the Quietest Retractable Tonneau Covers Available

Depending on the brand, one of the biggest complaints that truck owners have about retractable tonneau covers is that they are very noisy. Every bump in the road makes them rattle and if you have to go off road the noise can be unbearable. This is the result of wear and tear on the slats and the hinges that allow these tonneau covers to roll up.

At Bak Liner we line the underside of our RollBak retractable tonneau covers with a thick layer of marine grade felt. The use of aircraft grade aluminum in the construction of these tonneau covers reduces the amount of wear considerably and the heavy felt liner not only stops your tonneau cover from rattling as you bounce around on the road, it assures almost silent operation every time you have to open or close you retractable tonneau cover.

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Folding Tonneau Covers

Monday, April 25th, 2011

Securing Your Tools Has Never Been Easier

You buy a tonneau cover for your truck to keep your tools safe and out of the weather, but the soft ones are such a pain to use and never last long. When you want a durable way to keep your tools covered yet keep them easy to access, take a look at our folding tonneau covers. They are made out of heavy duty FRP or aircraft grade aluminum and use rubber hinges that allow you to open one panel or all of them with one hand.

These folding tonneau covers from Bak Liner are not only easy to open; they are strong enough to carry a load at the same time. When they are fully closed you can carry up to 500 pounds on the flat deck, depending on whether you have installed the FRP model or the aircraft grade aluminum version. You will never have to struggle to get into your pickup truck bed again.

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Folding Tonneau Covers

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

Things You Should Look for in Folding Tonneau Covers

If you have been thinking about buying one of the different folding tonneau covers available for your truck, keep in mind the things that make the best covers. Perhaps the most important consideration is weight; you are going to have to fold open your tonneau cover countless hundreds of times in its lifetime, so look for one that is light enough to fold back with one hand easily.

Our BakFlip folding tonneau covers are made from lightweight FRP materials that are very durable and made to stand the test of time. They are light enough for you to open with one hand, yet they are heavy duty enough to be able to carry a load of up to 200 pounds on top of them when they are in the closed position. At Bak Liner have folding tonneau covers to fit most trucks on the road today.

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Hard Tonneau Covers

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Hard Tonneau Covers Offer Long Life

If you have a pickup truck and have been using those soft vinyl tonneau covers, you may have noticed that they tend to have a relatively short lifespan. The more extreme the weather is where you live the faster the vinyl seems to fall apart. One way to avoid replacing your cover every couple of years is to invest in one of the hard tonneau covers available from Bak Liner.

We offer several different styles of hard tonneau covers from out hard reinforced plastic BakFlip fold up tonneau cover to our made to take it all aircraft grade aluminum RollBak retractable tonneau cover. Each of our covers is built out of the finest materials available and designed to provide you with years of excellent service. With these covers, you will never have to worry about the rain, snow or sunshine causing them to fall apart at the worst possible moment.

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Tonneau Covers

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Not all Tonneau Covers are Built to the Same Standards

If you are planning to buy a tonneau cover for your truck, you should spend time looking at the different brands on the market. You are going to find that not all tonneau covers are made to the same high standards of quality. It might be tempting to try and save money by purchasing a cheap cover; the only problem with this is that you are going to get what you pay for.

The majority of cheap tonneau covers are made from thin plastic if they are hard covers and of course vinyl for soft covers. Neither of these materials is going to last long, as they are simply not going to take much in the way of abuse.  While these covers may look great when you first buy them, after just a few months they are going to end up looking like they are several years old.

At Bak Liner all of our tonneau covers are made from the finest materials available to ensure that not only do they last for many years, they stay looking good.

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Tonneau Cover

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Don’t Let the Snow Damage Your Tonneau Cover

Do you remember how that heavy wet snow destroyed your vinyl tonneau cover last winter by bending the struts until the vinyl ripped? You spent the rest of winter with a wide open bed and lots of soggy shopping trips. Don’t let this happen next year, before the snow flies install a hard tonneau cover such as the RollBak from Bak Liner and keep your bed dry all winter long.

Depending on which tonneau cover you buy, it will be able to handle loads of up to 500 pounds without buckling, bending or collapsing. You can take a broom and sweep the snow off without having to worry about ripping the vinyl and no matter how cold it gets next winter the unique hinging system we use for out tonneau covers will let you get everything in and out of your bed with ease.

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Aluminum Tonneau Covers

Monday, April 18th, 2011

Aluminum Tonneau Covers Never Corrode

We hear a lot of complaints from our customers about soft tonneau covers and the fact that they don’t stand up to the weather very well. From the hot summer sun beating down and the snow and ice, the vinyl starts to crack in just a couple of years. Our aluminum tonneau covers are built from aircraft grade aluminum that will never rot or rust no matter where you live or the weather conditions your tonneau cover will be exposed to.

Each of Bak Liner’s aluminum tonneau covers is custom designed to fit a specific vehicle and to be fully weatherproof so that it keeps everything that you have stored in the bed clean and dry no matter what the weather is like. Whether you choose the folding style or the fully retractable tonneau cover you won’t have to stand out in the rain fussing with dozens of snap fasteners as they both can be opened and closed easily with one hand.

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